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Come, Let Us Reason Together: The Unity of Jews and Gentiles in the Church
This is a gracious and irenic critique of the messianic Christian movement by a faithful Israeli pastor of over 40 years experience in ministry. His focus is upon the sufficiency of Christ and the unity of the church. In addition, it's a great tool for training your church in Jewish evangelism.
256 pages, Paperback
First published July 1, 2009
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October 19, 2022
This was an excellent book regarding an issue that has fueled much division within churches. How do Jews and Gentiles worship God biblically? Can they do so together in a way that glorifies God without denying their Jewish heritage? Is Messianic Judaism biblical?
The author, Baruch Maoz, is a national Jew who is also a born-again Christian and has served as a pastor for several decades in a Christian church near Tel Aviv. He is currently translating the Bible into modern Hebrew and authored several books.
He expounds the issue of how Jews and Gentiles can be unified biblically and he does so through several chapters, namely:
Should we preach the gospel to Jewish people?
The Mosaic Covenant
Rabbinic customs
The Biblical Argument
Making Churches Comfortable for Jewish Christians
Standards and the Messianic Jew Movement
A Letter from a Gentile (Appx. A)
A Short History of the Messianic Movement (Appx. B)
Messianic Judaism or Judaizing Christianity (Appx. C)
Justification in Judaism (Appx. D)
I was impacted by his compassionate approach toward all people groups, not only his fellow countrymen. His in-depth study of these complex issues was soundly Scriptural. He's a Jew who is unashamed of that fact, yet boldly proclaims the truth of a bigger identity in a bigger gospel and does so graciously.
The author, Baruch Maoz, is a national Jew who is also a born-again Christian and has served as a pastor for several decades in a Christian church near Tel Aviv. He is currently translating the Bible into modern Hebrew and authored several books.
He expounds the issue of how Jews and Gentiles can be unified biblically and he does so through several chapters, namely:
Should we preach the gospel to Jewish people?
The Mosaic Covenant
Rabbinic customs
The Biblical Argument
Making Churches Comfortable for Jewish Christians
Standards and the Messianic Jew Movement
A Letter from a Gentile (Appx. A)
A Short History of the Messianic Movement (Appx. B)
Messianic Judaism or Judaizing Christianity (Appx. C)
Justification in Judaism (Appx. D)
I was impacted by his compassionate approach toward all people groups, not only his fellow countrymen. His in-depth study of these complex issues was soundly Scriptural. He's a Jew who is unashamed of that fact, yet boldly proclaims the truth of a bigger identity in a bigger gospel and does so graciously.
March 14, 2013
Excellent. Essentially a critique of Messianic Judaism, revealing the misunderstanding of Scripture that has led to this deviation from Christian practice - but also setting in context the historical abuses and pressures that led good brethren on this mistaken path.
All believers, Jew and Gentile, will benefit from its Scriptural exegesis on the nature of the Church and the key doctrines of Justification and Sanctification. It is not a tedious systematic theology, but a warm-hearted appeal for clear, Biblical thinking about the Church and the nation of Israel.
This Third Edition has also responded to the input from previous readers, especially those in Messianic Judaism.
I've marked so many bits for quotes, but here's one at random:
'A church among the Jews must be , first and foremost, a church. As such, it is the glad and holy duty to conduct congregational life in a way that will enable every redeemed member of the body of Christ to feel at home, without having to act as if he were Jewish, educated, male, rich, white, black or Gentile. There is, therefore, no room for premeditated Jewish Christian congregations. We must not make ethnicity or culture a test of fellowship.' p158.
All believers, Jew and Gentile, will benefit from its Scriptural exegesis on the nature of the Church and the key doctrines of Justification and Sanctification. It is not a tedious systematic theology, but a warm-hearted appeal for clear, Biblical thinking about the Church and the nation of Israel.
This Third Edition has also responded to the input from previous readers, especially those in Messianic Judaism.
I've marked so many bits for quotes, but here's one at random:
'A church among the Jews must be , first and foremost, a church. As such, it is the glad and holy duty to conduct congregational life in a way that will enable every redeemed member of the body of Christ to feel at home, without having to act as if he were Jewish, educated, male, rich, white, black or Gentile. There is, therefore, no room for premeditated Jewish Christian congregations. We must not make ethnicity or culture a test of fellowship.' p158.
November 1, 2014
If you would like or need a reasoned and careful analysis of the Messianic Christian movement, this is the book for you!
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